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s. c. OATLIN. TUMBLING BARREL.

110,550,781 Patented Dec. 3, 1895.

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SETH O. CATLIN, OF BLOOMFIELD, NElV JERSEY, ASSI GNOR TO EMMAF. CATLIN, OF SAME PLACE.

TUlVlBLlNG-BARREL.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 550,781, dated December 3, 1895. Application filed April 3, 1893. $eria1 No. 468,774. (NomodeL) 2" 0 all whom it may concern:

Be a known that I, SETH o. CATLIN, a cm zen of the United States, residing at Bloomfield, in the county of Essex and State of New Jersey, have invented an Improvement in Tumbling-Barrels, of which the following is a specification.

In the cleaning of castings and the polishing of various small articles tumbling-barrels have been made use of, the same being upon an axis or shaft that is either horizontal or at an inclination, the barrel and shaft being rotated and the articles to be cleaned or polished being introduced into the barrel and subjected to the agitation consequent upon the rotation of such tumbling-barrel.

Difficulty has heretofore been experienced in rapidly discharging the contents of such tumbling barrel, especially where a large number of small articles has been placed in such barrel, and this difficulty is increased where such articles are kept in a wet condition, as is frequently the case where an acid or other substance is employed in the cleansing of the articles during the tumbling oper: ation.

My present invention is made for facilitating the discharge of articles from such tumbling-barrel; and it relates to the combination, with the tumbling-barrel, of a lever-shaft forming a handle and the swivel-bearing adjacent to the tumbling-barrel, whereby the lever-shaft, with its weight, serves to counterbalance the tumbling-barrel and the articles placed therein without interfering with the free rotation of such shaft, and when the articles are to be discharged from the tumblingbarrel it is only necessary to elevate the weight and the lever-shaft and tip the tumbling-barrel down into such a position that the articles therein pass freely out at the end, and I provide a draw-off plug or cook when the barrel is to receive water or other fluid to act upon the articles that are being tumbled in such barrel.

In the drawings, Figure l is an elevation, partially in section, illustrating the present improvements; and Fig. 2 is a plan view.

The frame A is of any suitable character, preferably of iron, and braces B may be e1nployed to steady said frame, and upon the top of this frame is a yoke-piece C with pivotscrews 2, by which the bearing D for the shaft E is supported by such frame A; but this bearing D and shaft E can be swung upon the pivots 2, so that the shaft E will have either a downward or an upward inclination to the desired extent, and the moving end of the shaft E is supported when the tumbler is in use by the open bearing F, and there is a counterweight G upon the shaft E sufficient to counterpoise the tumbler and the articles contained therein, and this counterweight may be moved nearer to or farther from the open bearing F, as desired.

The tumbling-barrel H is of anysuitable character. Preferably it is slightly tapering and made with a partially-closed end at, there being arms 5 at this end connecting the tumbling-barrel with the shaft E, and the pulley 6 is advantageously applied to this end of the tumbling-barrel, so as to receive a rope, cord, orbelt to a suitable shaft or pulley by which the tumbling-barrel is rotated, and at one side of the tumbling-barrel and near the larger end a plug or cock is introduced at I. It is advantageous to make a projection recessed at the inner side of the barrel for this cock I, and there may be a piece of wire-netting or bars L to prevent the articles in the tumblingbarrel from passing into the plug or cock I.

When in use, the shaft E, having a down ward inclination, holds the tumbling-barrel with its open upper end in a position adapted to receive the articles that are to be acted upon, and the tumbling-barrel is to be rotated at the proper speed, and in cases where a liquid is introduced into the tumbling-barrel the same can be drawn off by the cock I after the rotation of the barrel has been stopped, and when the articles are to be discharged from the tumbling-barrel it is only necessary to lift the weight G and shaft E, swinging the bearing D upon the pivots 2, so as to bring the tumbling'barrel into a position for the contents thereof to slide out freely into any suitable receptacle, and the open bearing F is always in a position for receiving the moving end of the shaft E when the parts .are in position for use.

The grating inside the opening is necessary for preventing articles passing out as the liq- 2. The tumbling barrel H having a pulley 6 upon the head thereof, a shaft permanently connected with the head of the tumbling barrel, the pivoted bearing D for the shaft, and the open bearing F for the moving end of the shaft, substantially as set forth.

Signed by me this 27th day of March, 1893.

SETH G. CATLIN. Witnesses:

H. E. CATLIN, M. L. CATLIN. 

